Many full-sized replicas of Michelangel’s marble David are on display around the world; the one above is a bronze cast that stands in front of the Kongelige Afstøbningssamling, the Danish Royal Cast Collection, on the Langelinie waterfront promenade in Copenhagen.
Probably more famous copy is the one that occupies the original Renaissance sculpture’s position in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, but I think the one with the best story is the plaster cast version in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It has a prudish additive in the form of a fig leaf; a small portion of modesty that could be hung in a crucial position to prevent the possible embarrassment of Queen Victoria and other important visiting ladies.
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 23 January 2016
Travel with Intent 
This photo is so well captured!
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What a wonderful shadow.
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Interesting how the shadow looks bigger than the original ! It reminds me of Plato’s cave myth ! 😉
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This bronze version of David is very impressive. I think it is so because the statue seems to be a feature of the wall area – with the bonus of shadow.
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This is a perfect photo for shadows !
Greetings from Germany
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It’s an amazing sculpture and a beautiful shadow.
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Delightful Victorian prudery. Fairly sure Victoria herself would not have been embarrassed by male genitalia, mind you!
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I thought that too! But she may have to pretend that she was!
On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 9:37 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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I had no idea there were replicas…Cool.
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I didn’t know there were so many!
On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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